TY - UNPB

T1 - Multiple import sourcing.

T2 - First evidence for German enterprises from manufacturing industries

AU - Wagner, Joachim

PY - 2017/1

Y1 - 2017/1

N2 - This paper uses information on import transactions by German firms from 2009 to 2012 merged with information on characteristics of the importers taken from surveys by the Statistical Offices to document that a large share of importers engage in multiple import sourcing by importing the same good from more than one source country in a year and that a large share of total imports is due to multiple sourcing. It is shown that the probability of multiple import sourcing and the share of imports from multiple sourcing in total imports increase with firm productivity and firm size after controlling for detailed industry affiliation.

AB - This paper uses information on import transactions by German firms from 2009 to 2012 merged with information on characteristics of the importers taken from surveys by the Statistical Offices to document that a large share of importers engage in multiple import sourcing by importing the same good from more than one source country in a year and that a large share of total imports is due to multiple sourcing. It is shown that the probability of multiple import sourcing and the share of imports from multiple sourcing in total imports increase with firm productivity and firm size after controlling for detailed industry affiliation.

KW - Economics

KW - Imports

KW - Multiple import sourcing

KW - Transaction level data

KW - Germany

M3 - Working papers

T3 - Working Paper Series in Economics

BT - Multiple import sourcing.

PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg

CY - Lüneburg

ER -